Photo #: NH 58734
USS Passaic (1862-1899)
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862,
depicting the interior of the ship's gun turret.
Passaic was armed with two large Dahlgren smooth-bore
guns: one XI-inch and one XV-inch.
Note round shot in the foreground, that at right in a hoisting
sling, and turning direction marking on the gun carriage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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